Event 1--Cotton Balls
The kids strapped on a kleenex box stuffed with cotton balls and shook their booties trying to get as many cotton balls to fall out in 20 seconds as possible. I think the highest was 40-something. Nice shaking!
Event 2--Ping-Pong
About 20 cups were set up in a triangle shape at the end of one table. They were labled with the numbers 1-4 (4 on the farthest row and 1 on the closest). The kids stood at the other end of the table and bounced 12 ping-pong balls into the cups. Depending on what cups the balls went in was how many points they got. It's harder than it looks.
For this event the older kids paired up with a younger kid. The younger kids sat on a chair, put on a shower cap covered with shaving cream and sat still while the older kids tossed cheetos, trying to get as many to stick to the shaving cream as possible. Yes, some shaving cream covered cheetos were eaten.
After the scores were added, medals were awarded. There was a gold, silver and bronze for the older kids and one of each for the younger kids.
To continue in the olympic spirit, my kids also participated in another olympic event at Jennie's house. Her kids had been learning about the olympics and the great athletes. As a culminatiing event they hosted the olympics at their house--Ellison's versus Mecham's. It started with lighting the torch and ended with yummy chocolate medals being awarded at the closing ceremony. Their events were more traditional with a spin. For the javilne toss they threw popscicle sticks. For the 100 yard dash they ran across the living room. For the gymnastics they did sommersaults. They spent the whole morning playing and learned a lot. Too bad we didn't take any pictures.
Thanks to family and friends for coming up with such fun ideas.
